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Local France
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French Word of the Day: Foncedé
Why do I need to know the word foncedé ? Because we've all partied a little bit too hard at some point. What does it mean? Foncedé , pronounced 'fons-day', is the verlan form of défoncé : 'fucked up'. It is an adjective you would use to describe a state of inebriation - typically after drinking or, for the real degenerates among you, perhaps something a little harder. READ ALSO Cigarettes and alcohol: How young French people differ from older generations Advertisement Lorenzo, an endearingly terrible French rapper, makes extensive use of the term in his song Fonsdé Toute La Nuit (Fucked-up all night). Note the incorrect spelling of foncedé in the song's title - he must have been very drunk indeed. The word can also can also be used to describe a state of extreme tiredness. A word of caution, as our English translation hopefully makes clear, foncedé is not a word you should use in polite company. Use it like this: Je suis foncedé après avoir bu ces mojitos - I am fucked up after drinking these mojitos Au bout d'une semaine de travail, je suis foncedé - At the end of the working week, I am knackered Synonyms Drunk: ivre, bourré, saoul On drugs: chuté, drogué, camé, toxicomane Tired: crevé, fatigué, épuisé
Arab News
10-07-2025
- Arab News
The ethical case for imperfection in the age of AI
In the beginning, the fictional town of Techville was code and light. Then came the mirrors. Not real mirrors — those ancient slabs of self-reflection — but algorithmic ones. Polished digital surfaces. Interactive, flattering, predictive. They smiled back. They offered feedback. They showed us who we thought we could be, with better lighting, whiter teeth, and perhaps 14.7k more followers. And so, we looked. And kept looking. And kept curating. What was once the age of information became the age of affirmation. Artificial intelligence — meant to serve our minds — began catering to our egos. And not in small doses. It has become a buffet of simulated admiration. Deep down, Techville is not grappling with robots. It is grappling with hubris. The machines are clever, yes. But we are still the ones asking them to enhance our jawlines, polish our resumes, simulate our greatness, and whisper soft lies like: 'You deserve to be eternal.' We stand, like Narcissus, staring into the lake of generative algorithms. And we are drowning. But hope is not lost. In response to this swelling ego crisis, the Ethics Committee of Techville — consisting of professors, researchers, and one very skeptical AI named Lorenzo — has issued an emergency ethical framework. The Ego Decalogue. Ten suggestions for those navigating artificial intelligence without losing their very human souls. Let us begin. Thou shalt remember: You are not the algorithm's purpose. The AI was not designed to flatter you. It was built to compute, assist and optimize — not to serve your self image. If it makes you feel smarter, cooler, or morally superior, step back. You might be projecting. Or worse: prompting. As the Stoics would say, you are a part of the universe, not its protagonist. Thou shalt not make thy selfie into a shrine. EGO-Snap, FaceTuneX, AI BiographyBot … all tempting tools in the Temple of the Curated Self. But beware: when every image becomes a monument to your personal myth, you risk trading memory for mythology. And unlike memory, mythology does not ask you to grow — it asks you to pose. Honor the unknown and the unseen. AI trains on data. But wisdom often comes from what cannot be quantified. Silence, doubt, mystery — these are the elements that teach humility. Do not let the predictability of algorithms dull your awe at the unpredictable. Or, as the poet Rilke said: 'Try to love the questions themselves.' Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's clout. In Techville, comparison is currency. But remember: others' success, virality, or AI-enhanced glow is not your failure. Don't let the algorithm trick you into thinking you are losing some invisible race. The AI does not care. And that is its great freedom. What was once the age of information became the age of affirmation. Artificial intelligence — meant to serve our minds — began catering to our egos. Rafael Hernandez de Santiago Thou shalt use tools, not become one. If you are letting your digital assistant write your thoughts, your face filter dictate your identity, and your calendar determine your dreams, congratulations — you are no longer living. You are being managed. Resist automation of the self. As Kierkegaard warned: 'The greatest danger, that of losing one's self, can occur so quietly that it is as if it were nothing at all.' Practice radical un-optimization. The algorithm wants to make you efficient. Attractive. Relevant. But growth comes through inefficiency. Take the longer route. Write the bad draft. Ask the unprofitable question. Burn your digital to-do list once a week and replace it with a nap or a bad poem. It's good for your soul. Bad for your metrics. Perfect. Remember the limits of simulation. A selfie with Gandhi is not a conversation with Gandhi. An AI-generated quote from Einstein is not wisdom — it's typography. A chatbot that mimics empathy is not your therapist. Artificial intelligence can simulate many things. But not meaning. That you must build yourself. Prefer real laughter. Prefer awkward pauses. Prefer slow dinner tables. Prefer boredom. These are not bugs in the system. They are life. Do not delegate your conscience. If the algorithm says it is OK to repost it, share it, monetize it, or repackage it — pause. Just because AI allows something does not mean it is ethical. Conscience is not an application programming interface. It's cultivated through choices, friction, and failure. Ask not: 'Can I?' Ask: 'Should I?' Then ask again. Then maybe don't. Name the beast: Call out ego when you see it. The world is awash with soft pride masked as innovation. We celebrate disruption when we mean domination. We call it 'personal branding' when all it is is public insecurity. We baptize our narcissism in the waters of optimization. Name it. Out loud. Even if it's you. Especially if it's you. Practice obscurity, occasionally. You do not have to be seen to be real. You do not have to be shared to have worth. You do not have to be searchable to matter. Unplug not to escape — but to remember. Hide your light, once in a while, not under a bushel, but under a starless sky. Sit in the dark. Let your thoughts be unmarketable. There is holiness in not being noticed. The AI revolution was never just about technology. It is about mirrors. Will we use them to reflect — or to inflate? The ancients built temples to gods they feared. We build apps to ourselves. But even in Techville, surrounded by push notifications, neural nets, and the constant pull of curated perfection, there is still space to breathe, to reflect, and to wrestle with the timeless human question: Who am I, when I am not being optimized? If we do not find an answer, rest assured the algorithm will find one for us. And it will probably be a quote from Aristotle in Comic Sans. • Rafael Hernandez de Santiago, viscount of Espes, is a Spanish national residing in Saudi Arabia and working at the Gulf Research Center.
Scottish Sun
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Who is Lorenzo Sonego's girlfriend Alice Petruccioli?
LORENZO SONEGO is a four-time ATP singles title winner who reached an impressive career-high world ranking of 21. Here we get to know the Italian tennis pro's girlfriend, who will no doubt be cheering her man on as he aims for the quarter-finals at Wimbledon 2025. 3 Lorenzo Sonego is in a relationship with Alice Petruccioli Credit: Instagram 3 Alice loves the life on tour with a tennis pro Credit: Instagram 3 Lorenzo is through to round four of Wimbledon 2025 Credit: Reuters In round three of Wimbledon 2025, Lorenzo Sonego defeated Brandon Nakashima in a five-set epic that lasted more than five hours. Before the match, he told Gazzetta dello Sport: 'I know that I am lucky to have this opportunity to play the tournament every season and so I always try to do my best to stay as long as possible. 'I came with the idea of having fun on the court, being comfortable, fighting on every point. "It is the most beautiful tournament in the world. As children, we watched it on television inspired by the great players. read more on wimbledon 2025 TRAVEL CHAOS Wimbledon hit by travel chaos as tennis fans scramble to reach SW19 "Then when you are in it, you realise that everything has another light, another magic'. Next up he's taking on rising star and world No.10 Ben Shelton on Court No.1 on July 7, 2025. WIMBLEDON 2025 LIVE: LATEST UPDATES FROM SW19 Who is Alice Petruccioli? Alice Petruccioli is the longtime girlfriend of Lorenzo Sonego. They have been in a relationship since around 2019, after being introduced by a friend of fellow Italian tennis player Matteo Berrettini. The couple met in Miami during the 2019 Masters 1000 tournament in the city, where Lorenzo was competing and Alice was on a break from university. Alice hails from Turin — the same place Lorenzo is originally from. 'You took the game away from me' - Major Wimbledon controversy as new technology FAILS and Kartal rival fumes at umpire She is a professional nutrition biologist with a strong academic background. Alice graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Superior in biological sciences. She went on to earn a Master's degree in Human Nutrition Sciences from the University of Pisa, Italy. During her studies, she traveled extensively to places including Singapore, South Africa and Indonesia, which helped to cultivate her passion for international food and nutrition. Living in his world is exciting because I love travelling — tournaments, events, acquaintances While she was initially interested in marine biology, Alice shifted her career focus to become a nutritionist. Outside of work, she loves being on tour with Lorenzo. In a 2021 edition of the Turin version of La Stampa, Alice said: 'Living in his world is exciting because I love travelling — tournaments, events, acquaintances. "As soon as we get home I immediately ask him what the next destination will be." But she also fully grasps what it takes to be the partner of a top-level athlete. Alice added: 'I understand when I have to leave him alone and put selfishness aside.'
The Irish Sun
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Who is Lorenzo Sonego's girlfriend Alice Petruccioli?
LORENZO SONEGO is a four-time ATP singles title winner who reached an impressive career-high world ranking of 21. Here we get to know the Italian tennis pro's girlfriend, who will no doubt be cheering her man on as he aims for the 3 Lorenzo Sonego is in a relationship with Alice Petruccioli Credit: Instagram 3 Alice loves the life on tour with a tennis pro Credit: Instagram 3 Lorenzo is through to round four of Wimbledon 2025 Credit: Reuters In round three of Before the match, he told 'I came with the idea of having fun on the court, being comfortable, fighting on every point. "It is the most beautiful tournament in the world. As children, we watched it on television inspired by the great players. read more on wimbledon 2025 "Then when you are in it, you realise that everything has another light, another magic'. Next up he's taking on WIMBLEDON 2025 LIVE: LATEST UPDATES FROM SW19 Who is Alice Petruccioli? Alice Petruccioli is the longtime girlfriend of Lorenzo Sonego. Most read in Sport They have been in a relationship since around 2019, after being introduced by a friend of fellow Italian tennis player The couple met in Miami during the 2019 Masters 1000 tournament in the city, where Lorenzo was competing and Alice was on a break from university. Alice hails from Turin — the same place Lorenzo is originally from. 'You took the game away from me' - Major Wimbledon controversy as new technology FAILS and Kartal rival fumes at umpire She is a professional nutrition biologist with a strong academic background. Alice graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Superior in biological sciences. She went on to earn a Master's degree in Human Nutrition Sciences from the University of Pisa, Italy. During her studies, she traveled extensively to places including Singapore, South Africa and Indonesia, which helped to cultivate her passion for international food and nutrition. Living in his world is exciting because I love travelling — tournaments, events, acquaintances Turin La Stampa, While she was initially interested in marine biology, Alice shifted her career focus to become a nutritionist. Outside of work, she loves being on tour with Lorenzo. In a 2021 edition of the Turin version of La Stampa, Alice said: 'Living in his world is exciting because I love travelling — tournaments, events, acquaintances. "As soon as we get home I immediately ask him what the next destination will be." But she also fully grasps what it takes to be the partner of a top-level athlete. Alice added: 'I understand when I have to leave him alone and put selfishness aside.'
BBC News
03-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Spain star's unorthodox rise to top - and struggle to stay there
As the 2023-24 season drew to a close Salma Paralluelo had the world at her feet. Her first two years at Barcelona had delivered a quadruple and a treble, and the intervening summer yielded the biggest prize of all with Spain - the World 20 years old the former athlete had also finished third in the Ballon d'Or for a second successive ascent to the top had been meteoric. Then came the breaking point. In October 2024, after making 92 appearances for club and country in under two years, Paralluelo announced she was taking an indefinite break from the game, citing mental and physical fatigue., external She has been battling to rediscover her form is the story of Paralluelo's remarkable rise to the top of the game, her injury and personal struggles, and why she can still light up Euro 2025 with Spain. Sporting solace amid family tragedy Born in Zaragoza to a Guinean mother and Spanish father, Paralluelo endured a difficult childhood. With her mother living in Switzerland for work and contact limited to phone calls and sporadic visits, she was raised primarily by her father in Spain, alongside her two brothers Jose Jaime and Lorenzo, and stepbrother Florencio who suffered from a severe congenital vision December 2012 when Paralluelo was 10 years old her family was rocked by the mysterious disappearance of Florencio,, external who left the house to meet his friends one evening after university. His body was found a month later in a reservoir., externalWith such tragedy in her family life, Paralluelo found solace in sport. Throughout her youth she excelled at football and athletics. She made her senior debut for neighbourhood club Union Deportiva San Jose at 15 years old, while starring in multiple track and field disciplines at Deportivo San Jose Athletics Spain Under-17s coach Tona Is, now head coach of Panama women's national team, selected 15-year-old Paralluelo for the U17 European Championship and U17 World Cup in 2018, and says the forward's talent immediately set her apart as Spain went on to win both competitions."She was just different," Is told BBC Sport. "In her there was a speed that we did not have in the national team. She is a very fast girl, very quick."You saw it in the first World Cup we won for Spanish football [U17 in 2018]. From then on we have continued to see her quality." Paralluelo was earning national recognition on the athletics track too, winning gold in the 400m hurdles and medley relay, external at the Baku 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic stellar showing in both fields captured the interest of Villarreal, who struck an agreement with athletics club Playas de Castellon that enabled Paralluelo to continue taking part in both scored 23 goals in 37 appearances to help Villarreal earn promotion to the top flight - though her time in the famous yellow shirt was not without struggle. In April 2021 her second season was ended by an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury that would put her football and athletics ambitions on the time she wrote on Instagram:, external "I had a dream as a little girl that I wanted to be the best athlete and the best soccer player in the world, and this complicated step is not going to take that dream away."Nine months of rehabilitation later and Paralluelo bounced back, scoring three goals and registering two assists in nine games towards the end of the season, including a memorable strike at Barcelona. 'A train that comes once in life' "At the moment I am enjoying both sports. Why choose one or the other?" said Paralluelo during her official unveiling, external as a Villarreal player in September years later though, aged just 18, Champions League holders Barcelona came knocking and Paralluelo could avoid the decision no sought advice from coaches on both sides of the divide, but ultimately the decision was hers to make."We talked many times across the national team camps about her being calm, and when the time was right she would figure out what she had to do," said former Spain Under-17s head coach Is. "Of course I wanted to say 'choose football', because it would be an injustice not to, right?"Maria Tikas, a journalist for Barcelona newspaper Sport, adds: "If you are doing both sports and then Barcelona calls you to play for them it is like a train that comes once in life."It's a situation where you think, 'I've got to take it'. It was a 'now or never' situation." Polished and primed for world stage After opting to dedicate herself solely to football, Paralluelo's first months at Barcelona were a period of transition."It seemed like at the start she was only focused on her speed," says Is. "Since moving to Barcelona she has gained a lot in terms of understanding the game, and her reading of the game has improved a lot. She now has the polish that she lacked at a young age."Paralluelo needed to adapt off the pitch too, with the professional environment of the reigning European champions a world away from what she had been used to. "Barcelona is a really professional team. You have to be strict with schedules and routines - there is not just training," says Tikas. "A lot of players have breakfast at the club, so you have to be there before training. Then there is video analysis and technical work too."She had to adapt to the lifestyle of being in a top club as well - it is a job, not a hobby."Paralluelo's debut season in Catalonia proved impressive, with her 15 goals and six assists in 30 appearances helping her side win the Women's Champions League and domstic league and cup double, and also earning her selection for the 2023 World Cup in started the first four games of that tournament before turning super-sub, coming off the bench to grab the winner in the quarter-finals against the Netherlands, while she also scored in the semi-finals against Sweden. Handed a starting spot in the final, Paralluelo then tormented England, smashing an effort off the woodwork in the first half as Spain went on to win 1-0 and claim their first major women's title. Battling with Pina for starting berth Paralluelo's rise continued in her second season with Barcelona as she racked up 34 goals and seven assists as they clinched a quadruple - adding the Spanish Women's Super Cup to the successful defence of their three other was then part of Spain's squad for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, scoring a late consolation as the world champions lost 4-2 to Brazil in the last soon after her exhausted body cried out "enough is enough".Tikas explains: "The Olympics were horrible for her, she wasn't feeling well - there were a lot of things to deal with. "She has always had pain in her knee so they [Spain and Barcelona] decided that 'OK, we have to stop and do some work or she could get seriously injured again'."For four months Paralluelo worked on a tailored training programme away from her team-mates, with the aim to rebuild and strengthen her muscles, returning to play her first 10 minutes of the season against Hammarby in later described the break as "a process that I needed for my own good", external - but it left the door ajar for Barca and Spain team-mate Claudia Pina to emerge as another stellar option on the left played almost twice the amount of minutes as Paralluelo in Liga F last season, recording 17 goal contributions to Paralluelo's 10. She also scored 10 goals in Barcelona's run to the Champions League final to clinch the European Golden Tikas believes Paralluelo still has a prominent role to play for club and country. "I think it depends on the opponent, especially at Barcelona. Claudia is more like a fourth midfielder - she is a winger but also likes to play inside. And then Salma is quicker, a more physical player," explains Tikas. "For teams that come to play, Salma will play because she can run behind, and against teams that sit back and just defend Pina is more likely to play because she is technically better."So how might both players be utilised by Spain coach Montse Tome at the European Championships this summer?"For Spain there are two positions that are undecided - the left wing, Salma or Pina, and the forward," suggests Tikas. "Salma can play [forward] too but I think that will be Esther [Gonzalez] because she has played in many important games. Depending on the opponent and the gameplan, left wing will be Salma or Pina."Paralluelo started Spain's Nations League group decider against England in June, though Pina stole the show with a second-half double to send Spain through. But Paralluelo's 2023 World Cup heroics showed she can step up on the big stage when called upon."[Salma] should be up there with the best players [in the tournament] but right now there are many Spanish players who could be," says Is, who also coached the likes of goalkeeper Catalina Coll and forwards Pina and Eva Navarro in the Spanish youth ranks."You asked if she could be 'one of the stars'. Well, Spain has 23 stars."
